We LOVED the venue we had the wedding and reception at. The weather was perfect (apart from the killer mosquitos – my bites are still visible!) and it didn’t rain till people were just beginning to leave! The overcast weather was brilliant for photos.

All photos by Rebecca Matheson. Borrow/steal and you won’t be getting any christmas presents.

Three days until the wedding. I knew this week would go quickly, but I am pretty happy with how things are panning out.

Last Thursday I was at the optometrist to look at getting contact lenses (tip – don’t leave till last minute!) but because I have astigmatism in both eyes, they had to order special contacts in. I was told it would take a couple of days, so wasn’t really thinking I would have them in time for the wedding.

They arrived yesterday (Monday) and I have an appointment in an hour and a half to get them fitted! YIPPY!

I am not a big ring person. I used to wear them quite a lot growing up, but grew out of it. Last year for my 23rd, Mum gave me her Grandmothers wedding ring, which Mum had gotten when she had died. It is the only ring I have worn every single day for any amount of time. Although I do take it off for gigs haha.

The other ring I wear is my engagement ring. I didn’t wan’t anything fancy, nor could we afford anything ‘fancy’.

I wated something different, and heaven forbid, I didn’t want a diamond. Try telling that to a pushy shop assistant, who clearly didn’t understand the words ‘small’ ‘not a diamond’ ‘under $200’ etcetera etcetera. That was the one and only jewellery shop we walked into.

I found my ring at a little stall in the middle of a local shopping centre. For the life of me, I can’t remember the stone in it, but it is red! And I love it.

When it came to looking for a wedding band, I knew what I didn’t want, which was helpful to some degree. After deciding to avoid jewellery shops as much as possible, I turned to the net. Places like Etsy and Offbeat Bride for inspiration.

It was through doing that in which I found Turtle Love Co. Straight away I knew that I would be getting something from there, and possibly B as well. There were several designs that I loved, but it was their philosophy that sold it to me.

After a couple of emails back and forth asking about sizing and the prompt response back every time I had a ring on the way.

It arrived yesterday

It has diamonds. Conflict free diamonds to boot and they only kind of diamonds I would wear.